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Monday, April 23, 2012

S... is for me

Wow, this weekend went by pretty quick, but I did get a lot of chores done. I spent half of yesterday in my craft room.

A while ago, I purchased an initial, from a national craft store, made of chipboard. I had a scrap of a very pretty pattern paper that I just treasure. The pattern paper is from Lost & Found. There are pink and red roses with pale blue leaves, on a background of vanilla. First, i painted the initial a similar shade of pale blue, found in the pattern paper. Then, I adhered the pattern paper to my initial. I cut as close to the letter as I could, and then used a paper file to clean up the rough edges. I used E6000 glue to adhere some magnets to the back. And then I went on to embellish the front of the initial.

I cut a butterfly from some coordinating pattern paper. Then, I layered a paper blossom on top of a different paper blossom. Then I adhered this layered paper blossom onto a fabric blossom. I punched out three leaf shapes from aqua mist card stock and crinkled and distressed them with white craft ink. The completed flower was adhered to the body of the butterfly. I added a metal note holder tied with a scrap piece of crochet trim.

I added a mini clothes pin to the upper part of the initial. I rubbed white craft ink on the top of the clothes pin. Then I added some vintage white embossing powder and heat embossed it. I tied a small piece of cream linen thread thru a tiny pink button and adhered it to the clothes pin. I added a tiny half faux pearl to the center of the bow.

I added some half faux pearls to the ends of the initial.

Here is my magnet! I made it for my locker at work. A little piece of craftiness at work {smile}

Thank you for stopping by! Glad to have the company. Check back tomorrow, as I am working on another altered spiral notebook to sell in my Etsy shop. I am using the same pattern paper I used for the spiral notebook I made for my granddaughter. I hope you have a great week.